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Pow, pow, pow.

Hi, as you know, today is Valentine's Day.

So each of us got something for Ella.

I made her this really nice card.

Hey, hey, hey, now come on now. Anybody can buy a card.

- Hey, Rocky. - Yeah.

So, what did you get Ella for Valentine's Day?

Oh, check this out. Check this out, Dutton.

I got a really nice watch.

Yeah, some-some Swiss guy made this.

So, what are you trying to do? You trying to make me look bad?

No, no, it's just, you know, I like Ella.

- Well, so do I. - I bought--

- Hey, guys. - Hey, hey, Ella.

Happy Valentine's Day. This is for you.

Oh, Rocky, it's so beautiful. Thank you.

It's just what I needed. You're very observant.

Oh, oh, uh, Dutton's got something for you too.

He's got a gift for you. Oh, Dutton...

Well, Ella, um...

Well, baby, I got you $100 bill.

Whoa!

You know, go out and buy yourself somethin' nice.

- Oh, thank you. - And, uh, you know...

And Carl Gordon made this sorry-looking card

you know, for you.

Hey, Happy Valentine's Day to Perk and Gayle in New York

Mark and Tanya in Baltimore. Enjoy this show. Mwah!

I want change, alright.

♪ Hey babe ♪

♪ There's a man ♪

♪ With no future ♪

♪ So it seems ♪

♪ He can't live out his dreams ♪

♪ Now he's trapped into thinking ♪

♪ He won't succeed ♪

♪ And he can't believe ♪

♪ Live your life today ♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Not for tomorrow ♪ Not for tomorrow ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Live your life today ♪

'Oh, look at that. Look at that.'

This is no jab, stone man. Come on, put somethin' in it.

Come on. Ha ha ha. Look at that.

Come on, come on. I want you to hit it witheverything you got.

Come on, everything you got. Look, look, oh, oh, oh!

Wait a minute. N-n-now, I hear the sound of hittin'.

W-wake me up when you get started, alright.

Oh, man, oh, man, get out of here, man. Come on.

Look, look, if it's too heavy for you

you know, we can just hang a balloon, alright.

No, now, Roc. You're holding the bag wrong.

- Now you stand there in front. - Mm-hmm.

So I can bust your lip like I used to in junior high--

Oh, man, you, man, you know, not only did I beat you...

Man, man, look, only way I bust my lip was it was chapped.

Sure, chapped. I used to whoop your butt all over the ring.

You did more runnin' than boxin'.

- Yeah, yeah, man-- - That's right--

Not only did I beat you at boxin'

I beat you at track, football, baseball, basketball

and after school, huh, I got twice as many kisses.

Yeah, your mama really loved you.

Hey, how are you doing, Mr. Emerson?

Hey, James. How are you doing, boy?

Look at you.

You know, last time I saw you, you was wearing

Scooby-Doo pajamas and had a milk moustache.

Hey, hey, look, congratulations, you know.

When your father and I was in junior high

we thought we were gonna go to the Golden Gloves.

Where the hell you been?

Well, the locker room was real crowded, dad--

- Excuse, excuses. - Well, come on, Harold.

- It's pretty crowded in here. - Get in the ring.

Well, dad, I didn't even get a chance to warm up.

- Get in the ring. - Hey, dad...

I found out that my first battle is with Hector Sanchez

you know, we gotta kill the left jab, so I figured maybe

we worked on some combinations today.

Now, look, boy, don't think. Just do what I tell you.

You're gonna do footwork today.

That's what's gonna keep you from Sanchez's left jab.

- Tell him, Roc. - Well, you know, actually...

You know, if we're gonna put some pressure on Sanchez

throwin' combinations ain't a bad idea.

Roc, what do you know about modern trainin' techniques?

You're just the over-the-hill, broken-down, has-been

that never was.

Uh, what, uh, who, uh, where, what-what?

A broken-down has-been that never was.

Now, I don't want to kick your butt in front of your son--

Who? Me? That makes me laugh.

- Oh, well, t-turn around, son. - Kick my butt. I'll tell you...

Slow down, girl. I ain't Flo-Jo.

Whoa, women in tight clothes sweatin'. My favorite show.

Ooh, what you eatin' there, Joey?

- I'm eatin' some ice cream. - What flavor's that?

Uh, they call this decadent Dutch chocolate.

- Oh, that's my favorite. - With chips.

- Mmm. - You want some?

- No, gotta have willpower. - Okay.

Make it burn.

And work it out.

'Make it burn.'

Mmm.

- Give me that ice cream-- - Give, give my ice cream.

'I can't believe you took my ice cream from me.'

'Messing with me.'

Oh, hey! Hey, hey, pop. Look out.

She gonna blow. Look out, look out.

Hey, everybody. Look, sweetie pie.

Happy Valentine's Day. I got you some chocolates.

Ooh, chocolates. Just what I needed.

Roc, how did it go down there at the gym with Harold today?

It went pretty good, you know what I mean...

Except Harold's always yellin' at the kid.

Well, some parents are just screamers, you know.

Oh, I don't know. You know what I mean

he's always berating the boy. You know, calling him names.

A good trainer doesn't do that.

Oh, Harold always was a little jerk.

Oh, come on, pop, what are you tellin' me?

What did Harold ever do for you not to like him?

When you were growing up, that boy was bad influence on you.

Yeah, every time he was around, you mistreated your brother.

- Why, I never mistreated Joey. - What?

I tell you what, if you're to put one more firecracker

down my pants, I swear I was gonna bring you up on charges.

There, you and Howard always

brought out the worst in each other.

- Mm-hmm. - Picking on Joey. Competin'.

And then you'd compete over who was better at pickin' on Joey.

Oh, come on, pop, you know, you exaggerating

this whole competition thing.

Oh, really? Uh, remember that little game

that you used to play called "Lose Joey."

One time, they ditched me in China Town

for what, like, seven hours.

- N-no, that-that was me. - See?

Harold's record was only three hours and seven minutes.

Yeah, I remember Harold did have some kind of sense of humor.

I remember he tried to get you to ditch me at our weddin'.

Oh, come on, sweetheart, but you know I'd never

ever, ever could've done that, baby.

Oh, yeah? What was all that talk about going down

to China Town for a nightcap.

Oh, come on, come on, come on. Let's not get sidetracked here.

You know, we're talking about James, you know.

Look, babe, I think this boy has a good shot, you know.

He just needs a better trainer, you know.

Someone like, you know, I don't know, uh...

...you know, like me.

- Oh, now. - Oh, boy.

Here comes their competing thing again.

You know somethin', pop. Now that I think about it, uh

you tried to ditch me one time too.

Boy, what are you talking about?

Remember that time, you got me all dressed up and you

you took me by the hand, you led me to this big crowd o-of kids.

Oh, Joey, that was the first day of kindergarten.

Oh, well, I-I should have stayed then, huh?

I-I like you too.

Yeah, I like you.

Uh-huh, yeah, I like you, so how about we go

to the TLC concert Friday night?

You want me to.. Hello?

God!

I told you before. You talk to your girlfriend after the fight.

- You ready for the heavy bag? - Yes, sir.

Let's work it.

Stick it hard.

Alright. I'm going out for your gear. Be right back.

Hey, you look good, Jack. Hey, James.

Hey, how you doing, Mr. Emerson? My dad will be right back.

Hey, well, don't let me stop you now.

- Stop! - Well, wh-what's the matter?

Why you got your elbows all out in the air?

You tryin' to hit somebody or you tryin'

to fly like Patti LaBelle or somethin'...

Come on. Let me show you how to do this, you know.

See, you gotta...

Mr. Emerson, Mr. Emerson. Yo! Hey!

- Yeah? - Shouldn't I be doing that?

Okay, well, you know, you get the idea, right?

But you know, elbows in. Elbows in and tight.

That's it. That's like tight. Yeah, okay.

Right there.

That's it. That's it.

Right, keep them elbows in.

- Roc. - Yeah.

What are you doing with my boy's elbows?

You know, I'm making sure he keep 'em in.

I'm the boy's trainer. Just because you don't have a fighter

of your own to mess up, don't come in here messin' up mine.

- You want me to keep them out? - I'm not messin' the kid up.

I'm giving him the advice any good trainer would give.

Now, see that. That's your problem.

- You were always jealous of me. - So I should keep them in?

Now why would I be jealous of the guy who single-handedly

lost the Playground Touch Football Championship game

'cause he missed his block.

Well, in or out? What am I... Who's trainin' me here?

- Yeah, yeah, later. - Later, later.

You know, somehow if I had James for three days

I can work wonders on him you couldn't work in three years.

- Oh, don't tempt me, Roc. - Oh, you know somethin'...

You don't have the guts to give him to me

'cause then you'd realize what a bad trainer you are.

Alright, that's it. Maybe this will shut you up.

I'm gonna give you the boy for three days

but I wanna see him spar before the fight.

Okay. Okay.

We'll see how good a trainer you are.

- Okay. You got it. - Excuse me...

- Do I have a say in this? - No!

- Alright, here's his gear. - Okay.

- You want him, you got him. - Okay, alright, alright.

Come on, James. Let's work out.

I'm beat. I'm hitting the showers.

Hey, well, see, look. Y-you was trying to shield his last one.

But let me tell you something, boy, come here...

"Roc Live" will be right back.

Come on in, James. Make yourself at home.

Oh, okay.

How come everything's in black and white?

Well, you know, the tubes haven't warmed up yet.

Hey, Roc baby, I thought I heard you come in.

- How are you, sweetheart? - Hello.

Hey, Eleanor. This is James Pearson.

- This is Harold's boy. - Oh, yes, nice to see you.

- The pleasure's mine. Hi. - You look hungry.

Why don't you go on in the kitchen and fix yourself

somethin' to eat.

Eleanor, if the boy ain't hungry, don't make him eat.

- Oh, I'll force myself. - Oh, Lord.

So, Roc... where is Harold?

Well, you know, Harold and I have this little competition.

I said I could do a better job at training James.

So I'm training him for the next three days.

Roc, you promised me you wouldn't get involved

with that boxing stuff again.

Oh, you know, sweetheart, you know.

Guess I ought to thank my lucky stars

you and Harold didn't go to the races.

Otherwise now there'd be a horse in my kitchen.

Hey, Eleanor, but this kid is really somethin', you know.

But Harold doesn't know what he's doin'.

He's got the boy dancing around like Alvin Ailey.

Roc, I don't know what it is Harold knows or not.

All I know is...

...you better do somethin' about that boy.

Oh, well, come on, Eleanor, look, this kid is exactly

the same kind of fighter I am, which means

that I'll be a better trainer than Harold could ever be.

Roc, the last ring you were in

was the one left up in our bathtub.

'Oh!'

Oh, come on, sweetheart. Come on now--

It's 9 o'clock now. Shouldn't he be at home with his father?

Well, you know, James is sort of, you know

you know, stayin' here.

Is he sleepin' in this house?

Well, you know, yeah, yeah.

Then, Roc, he not sort of stayin' here.

He is stayin' here.

Oh, come on, Eleanor, you know, three days. It will be fun.

You know, like having a kid around.

You know, look at him as your son, you know.

I sure hope James is as good in the ring

as he is in the kitchen.

I think that boy just knocked out the refrigerator.

Yeah, so I'll pick you up around 7:00, alright?

Yeah, yeah, I'm lookin' forward to it too.

Alright, bye.

- Hey. - 'How are you, Joey?'

James, my man, I'd love to stop and talk

but I got a date with some cholesterol.

Where's my sandwich?

I smell corned beef.

I smell my corned beef.

Oh, was that yours, buddy? I'm sorry, man.

Man, I walked all the way across the town Attman's

for that sandwich, man.

Oh, it was definitely worth the trip, man.

Um, James, Roc gave you some boxing tips.

I'm gonna give you some life tips, alright?

Never, ever touch another man's money

his woman, or his corned beef sandwich.

- Hey, pop. - 'Hmm.'

Is James here?

Oh, he's on the phone in the kitchen.

I think he's talking to his girlfriend.

Now, he left the gym half hour early.

I'm gonna make him do some extra rope work.

Oh, man, you know, what am I talkin' about?

I'm beginning to sound like Harold.

Oh, I'm not surprised.

After meeting James, I'd say he inherited Harold's

pain-in-the-butt genes.

Oh, come on, pop, now, come on now.

Look, James is on the phone with his girlfriend.

I'm not gonna hassle him for that.

Well, then, make him pay a quarter like I do.

Who is it?

Oh, man, it's Crazy George.

What do you want? What do you want?

- Oh, I got skills. - What do you want, George?

Oh, look, is Joey here ' cause, uh, I gave him two dollars

so I can come over and watch TV 'cause my TV's messed up.

I gotta stand on the TV to get the reception, you know.

Why don't you come back later, George?

Oh, you know, "MacGyver" is on, you know

and it's gonna be my favorite episode.

He takes like a paper clip and a bucket of chittens.

And an hour later, and build a bomb. Boom!

An hour later, the chittens flyin'.

- I saw that one, see-- - No, don't tell me.

I don't want the end of it

'cause I know one day they're gonna kill him--

- No, they did not-- - I can't hear you.

Hey, hey, Roc, listen, we gotta do something about James.

You gotta do something about George.

Could you get me some popcorn, man?

I mean, not that old, fast, you know, jiffy pop

you know, because aluminum foil tries to hold the popcorn down.

But then the popcorn rises up to get free and they singin'

"Oh, popcorn spirit, you're free at last.

Free at last. Thank God--"

George! You got two seconds to get him out of here.

Say, George, um, why don't you go home

and I'll-I'll, uh, I'll take that "MacGyver" for you, okay?

Alright. Oh, why don't you take it on a half buy...

Okay, alright.

- ...take it fast... - Okay, George.

- Okay. - ...fall away from...

Hey, George, look. Richard over there.

Remind me to check his place for lead paint, alright?

Hey, you know, Mr. Emerson, since I've been working so hard

you know, I figured tonight I'll do some maxin' and relaxin'

if it's alright with you.

- Sure, go ahead, max. - Okay, I'm out.

Don't wait up for me.

Wait a minute, oh, oh, excuse me.

Well, my girl got some tickets for the TLC concert.

And I really wasn't gonna go but she had to pull some strings

to get us great seats.

- No, I don't know about that-- - Hey.

Since I'm goin', you think you can loan me ten dollars?

Well, I gotta get out of here.

This is just like watching Joey grow up all over again.

Now, look, James, as your trainer, I don't think

it's a good idea you going out tonight.

- You gotta big fight next week. - Come on, man.

I've been training crazy hard.

I ain't entitled to a little fun?

Maybe you don't understand how lucky you're to have this gift.

I mean, me and your father would've loved to be

in your position.

Yeah, yeah. So, I heard a million times.

Look, son, you have the makings of being a great fighter

but no matter how great the gift

you still gotta do the work, you know.

This career is yours for the takin'.

I mean, don't you want it?

No.

No?

You don't wanna be a fighter?

Unh-unh.

Well then, what do you wanna be?

Well...

I wanna be a ventriloquist.

Now don't laugh.

I mean, I grew up watchin' Willie Tyler and Lester

doin' 'em fast food commercials.

And I figured that's all I wanted to do.

Son, have you lost, uh...

Did, have you told...

...your father about this?

Would you tell your father you want to be a ventriloquist?

I mean, besides boxing is his dream.

I don't wanna let him down. Oh!

Well, so now, you're gonna let yourself down?

Listen, James, James, James.

You have to talk to your father.

Can I do it after the concert?

Yeah, yeah, alright, alright.

A ventriloquist. I ain't never heard...

What do you say? Umm.

Oh, uh, Roc's parking the car. He'll be here in a minute.

Oh, sure, Joey.

Joey, there's somethin' you want to see me about?

Uh, yeah, yeah, Harold, um...

Listen, Harold, uh, I never did like those dirty tricks

y'all used to play on me as a kid, right?

But I'm willing to forgive and forget because I figured

hey, you know we're grown-ups now and that's all behind us.

So, uh, what do you say we start fresh, huh, man?

- Hey, let's do it, Joey. - Alright.

- Let's do it. - Oh, thanks, man. Thanks.

I'm-I'm glad that's all behind us now, okay.

- Hey, that was pretty childish. - Yeah, it sure was.

- Hey, you alright, yo. - Alright.

- Thanks a lot, man. - Alright.

Well, Roc.

I guess I owe you an apology.

I said you couldn't train my boy but the truth is

you couldn't train a dog to eat.

Look what you did to my boy. Why does he look so tired?

Well, you know, he went to one of them TLC concert last night.

Oh, you let him party?

You probably put him on a high-fat diet.

The George Foreman technique.

Oh, well, you know, come on, Harold. You win, you win.

Alright, James. Vacation's over. Let'sget to work.

Let's undo some of this damage that Roc has done to you.

Now, Harold, um...

...James has something, you know, he-he wants to tell you.

Well, dad, you know...

- I don't wanna be a boxer. - What? You crazy?

What do you wanna do with your life?

Well, um...

...I wanna be ventriloquist.

What did you do to my boy? I let you have him for three days

and now he wants to play with puppets.

Well, dad, ever since I can remember

that's all I wanted to do.

I gotta get changed.

Come on, Harold. Come on.

Remember when we were growing up we wanted to always box it.

- Madison Square Garden. - Yeah.

And I wanted to be the middleweight champion

of the world.

Yeah, well, those were our dreams, you know.

And we believed them.

James has to, you know, find his own dream.

- The one he believes in. - So what are you saying?

You want me to let my boy screw his life up?

Well now, how do you know he'd be screwing it up?

You know, I mean, there are lots of successful, you know

ventriloquists in this country.

You know, there's a few, you know.

Well, anyway, he's still young. Maybe he'll change his mind.

Yeah, maybe he'll be smart like his dad, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, Roc. Hey, you alright.

Hey, but you guys better be glad you don't have any kids.

Man, all they do is make you crazy.

Yeah, well, they're just kids. Come on. Let's go find your son.

- No, we better find Joey first. - Why?

'Cause, uh, my guess is right

somewhere, half this town is kicking a stew out of it.

Stick around. "Roc Live" will be back

for one more round after this.

Well, Eleanor, I guess I got a lot to learn

about bein' a father, huh?

Oh, Roc, I think you'll make a wonderful father.

- Really? - Yeah.

I mean, how do you know I won't be too easy on him, you know, or

or lose my temper, you know, and yell at him, like Harold?

You'll probably do all of those things

but I still think you're gonna make a wonderful father.

Yeah? What makes you so sure?

'Cause I'm gonna be there to watch you.

You know, Eleanor...

...as your new trainer...

...after the fight...

...I order you to hit the showers...

...with me.

So do I get rubbed down first?

Only if you promise to go the distance.

Oh, oh, oh!

Well, baby, you're headed for love TKO.